Actinobacteria exhibit cosmopolitan distribution since their members are widely distributed
in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In the environment they play relevant ecological roles …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a growing public health concern worldwide.
Consumption of foodstuffs is currently thought to be one of the principal exposure routes to …

Some pesticides such as organochlorines are of critical environmental concern because
they are highly persistent due to their stable chemical nature. As a consequence, even after …

The environmental impacts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is an increasingly
prominent topic in the scientific community. POPs are stable chemicals that are accumulated …

Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) is an organochlorine pesticide that has been widely
used in agriculture over the last seven decades. The increasing residues of lindane in soil …

Persistent toxic substances including persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals have
been released in high quantities in surface waters by industrial activities. Their presence in …

Abstract Gentle Remediation Options (GROs), such as biostimulation, bioaugmentation,
phytoremediation and vermiremediation, are cost-effective and environmentally-friendly …

Restoring polluted sites by petroleum hydrocarbons is a challenge because of their
complexity and persistence in the environment. The main objective of the present study was …

Rapid increase in industrialization of world economy in the past century has resulted in
significantly high emission of anthropogenic chemicals in the ecosystem. The …

The objective of this study was to understand the effect of biofertilizers on cadmium (Cd)-
induced phytotoxicity and the rhizosphere bacterial community. The crop specie rice (Oryza …